This page describes possible venues to choose from for the Montreal Code Sprint 2011
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Option 1 - CMM
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Option 2 - UQAM
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Host/Location
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Communauté Métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM)
1002, Sherbrooke West, suite 2400, Montreal QC
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Geography Department of Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
"Pavillon Hubert-Aquin (A)" 400, Sainte-Catherine East, Montreal QC
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Notes
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- Only available on week days (office hours). Weekend sprint not possible at this location.
- There is a tiny possibility that access to the larger conference room may be requested at the last minute by city management (e.g. the mayor) in case they need it for a last minute meeting. In this case we would be temporarily relocated for that day (just that day, not all 4 days) to other smaller rooms. This is a city owned conference room so we need to leave them priority but the chances of something like this happening are very low (~1% probability).
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- Only available around the mid-term break and weekends. i.e. week of Feb 28 - March 4th
- It is preferable to not start the sprint on a Saturday/Sunday in case of logistic problems during our setup (accessibility, power, internet, etc.) since the university's support staff is mostly available during the week
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Possible dates
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Note that a WhereCamp is planned for the afternoon of the day preceding the code sprint, followed by a "5 à 7" (icebreaker).
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- Tue Feb 8 - Fri Feb 11, 2011 (week)
- Tue Mar 1 - Fri Mar 4, 2011 (week)
- Tue Mar 15 - Fri Mar 18, 2011 (week)
- Tue Mar 22 - Fri Mar 25, 2011 (week)
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- Tue Mar 1 - Fri Mar 4, 2011 (week)
- Thu Mar 3 - Sun Mar 6, 2011 (weekend)
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Internet
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Private subnet with all ports open on their 100Mbits network.
(A number of RJ-45 jacks are available, we need to bring our own switches and WiFi router(s) to distribute network access)
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Guest WiFi access on the University's network with the following ports open for outgoing connections:
HTTP: 80, 8080-8089
HTTPS: 443
SSH: 22
FTP: 20, 21
SMTP: 25, 465
POP3: 110, 995
IMAP: 143, 220, 993
IRC: 194, 6660-6669
CVS: 2401
SVN: 3690
GIT: 9418
(Note: There is a 100$ charge for the setup of the Guest access for our group)
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Room info
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- 2 large adjacent conference rooms located on 24th floor of a tower with great view of the city (see pictures)
- Possibility to remove the wall between the two rooms to make a single larger room
- RJ-45 and power plugs in the floor
- Larger room: 14 tables for two = 28 person capacity
- Smaller room: 6 tables for two = 12 person capacity
- Possibility to rearrange the tables to fit our needs (e.g. make tables/teams of 6-8 people for instance)
- Projector in each room
- White boards on the wall between the two rooms (become unavailable if we remove the wall)
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- Classroom with 40 people capacity on 4th floor of "Pavillon Hubert Aquin" (no windows, see pictures)
- Power cords hanging from the ceiling
- ~20 tables for two
- Possibility to rearrange the tables to fit our needs (e.g. make tables/teams of 6-8 people for instance)
- Projector
- White board
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Hotels
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- Hotel Cantlie Suites, located 1-2 blocks away: Group rate starting at 99$/night + taxes
- Could look for other options if needed
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- Lord Berri, located across the street: Group rate for Executive rooms (freshly renovated) at 89$/night + taxes for single or double occupancy (Add 10$ to include breakfast)
- Could look for other options if needed
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Pictures
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- View of the city from the smaller room (24th floor)
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